November 18, 2010

Please don't forget to write the name of the song/music for your presentation in the first slide.
I'll check your presentations for feedback be pending!



October 28, 2010

Now, you have to start doing Task No. 4 of our Unit 1: "How can I show how a computer works?"


In this Task, you have to create a multimedia Presentation to show people the hardware and software a computer need.

You will use Microsoft PowerPoint to create your presentation. All the information you need to create is now available here, in our Wiki!

Preparing your Presentation

Your presentation should include the following:
  1. A Cover slide, which includes your name(s), date, and a creative title for your presentation
  2. A second slide with the Table of Contents (ToC), where each entry is a hyperlink to the correspondent slide.
  3. A section about Hardware. This section should include:
    Processor
    RAM
    Input devices
    Output devices
    Storage devices
  4. A section about Software. This section should include:
    Operating Systems
    Applications
  5. An attribution slide(s) to tell the audience where you got your resources from (music, pictures and text).
  6. Every slide has to include a hyperlink to the ToC slide.


Other requirements for your presentation:

  1. It has to be automatic (slides move without user intervention)
  2. Music: Choose good song or piece of music for your presentation.
  3. Select a good combination of colors and a nice design for your presentation.
  4. It has to include “transition effects” (from slide to slide) and “animation effects” (on each slide).

Groups:

  1. Kate & Aya
  2. Cedric D. & John
  3. Gabrielle & Shobana
  4. Nandi & Helen
  5. Daan & James
  6. Ahmad & Edam & Danish
  7. Cedric S. & Noah

Deadline: You have three weeks to complete your presentation... November 19, 2010

Good luck and enjoy it!





As mentioned in class, you will be actively participating in this wiki!

But first of all, what is a Wiki?
Let's see the definition I found at wiki.org: "A Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and cross links between internal pages on the fly. "

How will you participate in this wiki?
You will participate by uploading the research you have done about hardware and software.

Where will you upload your findings?
Click in the corresponding section in the left pane.
Follow the instructions to upload your contribution.

Good luck and enjoy this new experience!
Questions? Send me an email to mjmora@isumail.ac.ug